Arabian Nights at The Watermill, Newbury

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If the bigger, brasher seasonal jollity of panto doesn’t appeal, and you’re
after some gentle entertainment for the little ones, then Toby Hulse’s
adaptation of a small selection of adventures from the Persian classic One
Thousand and One Nights could prove as welcome and snug as a Christmas
stocking. Intimate, sweet-natured, with a sprinkling of light humour, its
whimsy and likeable low-tech theatrical magic will delight young children;
older ones and their parents may sometimes find the tales a little tame. But
Robin Belfield’s production is performed with nimble appeal by an ensemble
of six in the Watermill’s hallmark actor-musician